Grant Park Festival’s 80th Anniversary

Eli’s is proud to have made the birthday cake for the 80th Anniversary of the Grant Park Music Festival in Millennium Park last night. Along with the cake, Eli’s provided cheesecakes for dessert to the attendees of the Opening night. The Grant Park Music Festival is the nation’s only free, outdoor classical music series of its kind. Each summer, the Festival presents ten weeks of free classical concerts to all of Chicago at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. The season opener featured Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra with the dazzling young piano sensation Natasha Paremski who pe rformed one of Tchaikovsky’s keyboard gems. It was a great night for all and Eli’s is excited to have been involved!